Chapter 752

Selene nodded, her eyes thoughtful.

“She is.”

“What happened to her if you don’t mind me asking?”

“Honestly, we aren’t sure,” Selene said as she started towards the corridor. I followed after her. “It happened shortly after Lila’s birth. She used to be so vocal… her voice was the most soothing thing I had ever heard. But then she just stopped…”

“And you never figured out why?” I didn’t mean for my tone to sound accusatory, and I wished I could swallow it back down. Selene didn’t seem to take any offence over it, though.

She just shook her head, a sad expression on her face.

“We tried all we could… eventually, it learned to live with the new normal,” she explained. “Come on… let me show you around further so we can give the men some time to talk further.”

I glanced over my shoulder at the closed dining hall door. Biting my lip, I nodded and followed Selene

further away.

Gavin’s POV

any lighter. If anything, the silence pressed harder now that I was alone with Zachary Backwell. The man hadn’t moved from his seat at the head of the table, posture straight, hands folded neatly before him as

I suppose it was.

at last, his voice calm, almost conversational. “He never had


found his time was being wasted, he would have been gone. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt before I make my judgments. He always said that would be one downfall one day, and it made me wonder at this moment if he was right.

a good thing you didn’t

a slight chuckle from

with you. I might have been off the radar for a long time, but I wasn’t

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Chapter 752

the help of your father. It’s something

my father with a man

the point,” I said, my voice coming out gruffer than

in his chair,

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that it’s back in our family. I know it wasn’t your fault as to how it ended up in your family. You

sure if I could trust him, but his words were sincere,


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